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Songs with odd time signatures
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bassman314
I seem to be a verb, an evolutionary process...
I read through part of it... I was like..
It's just a freaking note?besides... it's still written with 4 beats per measure.. so who cares what the note is that equals one beat!
For a pop song, Seal's 'Dreaming in Metaphors' is a fantastic tune in 7/8.
I also like Hiromi Uehara's music, which is all over the place. 'Deja Vu,' 'Edge,' 'Return of the Kung-Fu World Champion,' etc. etc.
Andrew
I also like Hiromi Uehara's music, which is all over the place. 'Deja Vu,' 'Edge,' 'Return of the Kung-Fu World Champion,' etc. etc.
Andrew
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Back in the 70's one of the keyboard players I worked with took a college composition class and I performed a couple of tunes with him in a jazz quintet. He had one tune in 15/8 and the feel of it broke down to 123, 123, 123, 12, 12, 12. He had another tune built on a three-bar bassline. The first two bars were in 10/8 and the third bar was in 11/8. An extra half beat came in every third bar. Lucky for me that it was a line that had to be played and I didn't have to solo on this one.
Wally
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haha, guitards and their shenanigans.
But back to the topic,
Blue Rondo a la Turk- 9/8, 2+2+2+3 and 3+3+3
Take Five- 5/4 whole song
all by The Dave Brubeck Quartet. I've been on a jazz kick lately.
Our display names are essentially the same. I thought that was funny.
Im a big Rush guy, so I like Limelight. And I have a riff I working on in 13/8 or 13/4 depending on the rest of the song. I think thats pretty cool.
You didn't bring up Necrophagist They mostly do weird time sig fills though, but that's cool I'm surprised you didn't bring up "Take 5". Every musician should know that song, especially when talking about Time sigs. Ever hear of Stravinsky?
I'm very familiar with "Take 5", but it isn't one of my favorite songs.
GARGH! beat me to it
It's fun trying to get the rhythm on The Pot right playing fingerstyle. Billy Sheehan - Tower In The Sky as well...sounds almost waltz-esque in beat.
GARGH! beat me to it
Billy Sheehan - Tower In The Sky as well...sounds almost waltz-esque in beat.
Schism's more difficult in my opinion: the song starts in 5/4 for one measure followed by 21 measures of 6/4 , up to the first interlude, which is a bar of 3/8, three bars of 13/8, and a bar of 10/8. The next verse is eight bars of 6/4 followed by another interlude that fits the same pattern as the first. The next section is four bars of 6/4 followed by one bar of 11/8. Another eight-bar verse in 6/4 follows, with an interlude containing the same as before, except the final 10/8 bar is replaced with an 11/8 bar setting up the middle section, which is four bars of 7/4 before settling into a pattern of alternating 12/8 and 15/8, one bar each, twelve times. Following this, there are three bars of 4/4, a bar of 2/4, and four bars of 4/4 setting up another section, which is two bars of 9/8 followed by a bar of 10/8, that pattern again, a single bar of 9/8 followed by a 13/8 bar. This leads to an alternating set of 9/8 and 5/8, appearing four times before a bar of 9/8 and a bar of 6/8. Near the end, there is a 6/4 meter for eight bars, followed by eight bars of 4/4 to end the song. The time sig changes 47 frickin' times throughout the song!
You know, I actually consider the verse of Schism to be 5/8 + 7/8 and the chorus to be 6/8 + 7/8. The 7/8 bar in the two sections is similar enough so it makes sense to me that way.
For those that dig the odd time stuff (which I do, as my username might suggest)
I have a bunch of stuff mapped out at Link Removed. I'm going to go through this thread and add some stuff that might be missing as well...good suggestions here.
John
For those that dig the odd time stuff (which I do, as my username might suggest)
I have a bunch of stuff mapped out at Link Removed. I'm going to go through this thread and add some stuff that might be missing as well...good suggestions here.John
Melvins also have some fun time signature stuff, check out some of the Stoner Witch and Houdini tracks
Dam straight! They use some wacky time signatures, wax simulacra is pretty crazy with its odd meter stuff.
They are also my favourite band.
13/8, too (last bar of each verse is 13/8 rather than the normal 12/8).
I'm on a huge The Mars Volta kick right now. The Bedlam in Goliath has definitely taken over my iPod, especially Abernikula and Metatron. Excellent stuff.
John
Conjugal Burns is the song I like most off of that album. One of the few songs to incooperate a ring-modulated bass or saxaphone with a wah pedal. Great band, love the saxaphone especially.
I saw Simon Phillips play this at a drum clinic: Space Boogie by Jeff Beck. It's an odd; 33/13 time, and fast!
The recording is just as maniacal, but really cool.
What was incrdible was that Phillips played it both left & right handed.
The recording is just as maniacal, but really cool.
What was incrdible was that Phillips played it both left & right handed.
33/13??? :scowl: Are you sure you didn't mean "33 1/3" (as in the speed of an LP?) (I know, I know, what's an LP...)
But seriously, here's one: "All You Need is Love" by the Beatles (7/4 in the verses, 4/4 in the choruses).
And +100 to the mentions of Stravinsky and the Mahavishnu Orchestra. Speaking of Mahavishnu, "The Dance of Maya" (from "The Inner Mounting Flame") is not to be missed.
The main theme is in 10/4. Then there's a bluesy shuffle section. Then John McLaughlin's guitar solo in 10/4. Then the shuffle section again. Then (through the magic of crossfading) the original theme "surfaces" and slowly supercedes the shuffle section, and you suddenly realize that the shuffle section was also in 10/4, but "disguised" brilliantly. It's worthy of, well, Stravinsky!
